The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-05

the Treasurer for several years during
Col. Sims term and took his receipts
for the fees for the four years Of Col.
Lipscomb's term. The money has
therefore gone to the State.
OUR TWENTY 'T2sxWD VE7lU III =.
We e,'terst upon a hcw year and
tho beginning OF the twcuty-,hird vel
! ume Of the HERALD AND NEWS. We
thank our friends for the patronage be-
slowed In the past, and trust that VIC
may merit a continuance Of the same
during thc present and futurc years.
God willing, we shall strive harder to
mako the HERALD AND NEWS litter
this year than ever before and to keep
from Its pages everything that would
make 1t unwclcomc in the homes Of liz.
best people OF onr county. reuprcmc
aim shall be to elevate the tone of its
pages to the highest position possible,
to give the news In the brightest and
| most attractive form and TO gather the
best things for our readers from all parts
| OF the world. We have given TO our
patrons more news during the past
twelve months than any newspaper in
the South, and IL the people Of NcwbcrIy
will continue their valuable support we
may hope to do even more than we are
now doing. We shall continue o be the
foo OF evil and immortality, uncompro-
misingly Democratic. and the supporter
OF every interest that is calculated TO
improve the city and county of New
berry, and wo hope TO have the help Of
the good people Of Newbcrry to cn-
courage and aid us in our efforts.
AN UNJUST g,az'G,lldwGo&.
Our local contemporary, the Observer,
speaking Of the work Of economy and
reform done at the late meeting of the
General Assembly, in It's last issue re-
ferring to the action in reducing the
salary Of Col. l.. y. Ransom, chief clerk
in the Department Of Agriculture, said :
-. To reduce the salary Cf the
chief clerk OF the Commissioner Of Az
riculture from tl,50) to 81 ,20O. Here
is Il saving Of 300. Why the salary Of
this "chief clcrk' was reduced while
the others were not, VIC cannot say. Tho
General Assembly may have thought
that l,200 n year was enough for one
who, In addition to his duties as chef
clerk, found sufficient time left to act as
correspondent for q newspaper
This is the first time we have heard
this reason given for their course il this
matter, and we think il unjust to male
such reflection upon !! man who has
served his Stat" aS faithfully as Luther
Ransom has, as Il farmer in the ranks
In scvcnty-siN. as Treasurer CT Aiken
county and as Chief Clerk Of the COM
missioner Of Agriculture since 1881. We
do not believe we would be ovcrcsti-
mating the value Of his work were VIC to
say that lie has done more for the &C.
ricultural Interests OF South Caroliua
than any man Of his age in the State,
| and we think It unfair TO prcs,imc hat
| the General Assembly should have re-
duccd his salary because he has riyca a
| small amount Of time to correspondence
| for the Augusta Chronicle. Col. r. can
write a letter for The Chronicie every
| evening and continue to Go more for ti.r
farmers Of the South than any onr We
could name, notwithstanding the crii-
| ci>m OF the Observer. At the time that
this act was passed IL" AuHn-ta Chron-
iclc had regularly rmrlo%vd cnrrc<.
| pondcnt with an Gili:c in columbia, hence
We must conclude that onr contemporary
was mistaken in the reason given for III,
reduction.